Shenali D Waduge We never thought a pen could undo what our war heroes achieved in May 2009. Yet, since December 2024, secret MoUs signed between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have begun dismantling Sri Lanka’s territorial and constitutional sovereignty—not with tanks, but through contracts. These agreements encroach upon lands […]

National Development Bank PLC In a significant step toward fostering community resilience and inclusive development, NDB Bank has partnered with World Vision to implement a targeted initiative aimed at uplifting women-headed households through integrated farming solutions and financial empowerment. Formalized through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this partnership will directly support 10 […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 144,250 premises have been inspected island-wide during the National Mosquito Control Week implemented last week, the Media Spokesperson of the National Dengue Control Unit of the Ministry of Health, Community Medical Specialist Dr. Prasheela Samaraweera, said. Speaking at a press conference today (08) to announce the progress of the activities […]

BRICS countries We express grave concern over the military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran since 13 June 2025, which constitute a violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, and the subsequent escalation of the security situation in the Middle East. In the face of rising tensions with unpredictable consequences […]

Jeffrey St. Clair Courtesy Counterpunch Palestinians at a GHF aid distribution site in Gaza being fired on by American security” contractors. Still from a video shot by a contractor and given to the Associated Press. There’s no precise number for how many Palestinians have been starved to death by Israel’s embargo on food entering Gaza. […]

LankaPropertyWeb Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s real estate sector is demonstrating robust signs of recovery and renewed investor confidence in 2025, buoyed by a stabilizing economy and favorable market conditions. The latest “Real Estate Market Outlook Report 2025 (REMOR25)” by LankaPropertyWeb (LPW) highlights a significant resurgence across the property landscape, with key indicators pointing […]

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Subtle Reality Modern discoveries in quantum physics have shaken the world: the soul does not disappear after death — it transitions into a parallel reality. What is this world, and why does science increasingly confirm ancient mystical ideas about the afterlife? In this video, you will learn shocking details from research on life after death, […]

Shenali D Waduge Between December 2024 and May 2025, a pen — not a gun — redrew Sri Lanka’s future. A series of bilateral pacts and MoUs signed between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are systematically converting Sri Lanka into a de facto Indian strategic satellite. What follows is not […]

අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) නීතීඥ, සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන.  1. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 23වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාව දක්වා ඇති අතර සිංහල සහ දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් නීති පැනවීම, සෑදීම සහ පළ කිරීම කළ යුතු බවත් ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් වූ පරිවර්තනයක් තිබිය යුතු බවත් දක්වා ඇත. 2. ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනරජයේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය ජනතාව කෙරෙහි […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 29 June – 05 July 2025 * ‘Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody has lashed out at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Asian Development Bank (ADB), & the World Bank over their public criticism of amendments to the Electricity Act, accusing them of bypassing diplomatic channels & politicising […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) made a field visit yesterday (Jul 05) to the Doppler Weather Radar Network project site in Puttalam. The project, supported through a generous grant aid from the Government of Japan, is aimed at enhancing real-time weather forecasting and early warning systems […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa announced that the admission of local students to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Medical Faculty has recommenced, in accordance with the previous admission process. Speaking at an event in Colombo, Minister Jayatissa stated that the earlier decision to temporarily halt local […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් රට පුරා පිහිටි ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලවල ප්ලග බේස් එක බැගින් සවි කිරීමට එකක් රුපියල් 72000ක මිලකට ප‍්‍රකට ව්‍යාපාරික ඉෂාර නානායක්කාර මහතාගේ සමාගමකට රුපියල් කෝටි පහ ඉක්මවූ කොන්ත්‍රාත්තුවක් ලබාදී ඇති බව ජන අරගල ව්‍යාපාරය සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ සඳහා ඉදිරිපත් වූ අනෙක් අඩු මිල ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම් සියල්ල අතහරිමින් මෙම මිලට ලබා දී ඇති […]

උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත මේ ඔහු අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම පිලිබඳව මාධ්‍යයේ නොකියූ කතාව.. බැඳියාව “””””””” ඊයේ අත්අඩංගුවට පත්ව සිටින බන්ධනාගාර කොමසාරිස් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර මානව හිමිකම් ක්‍රියාකාරීන් පිරිසක් තොරතුරු සොයා බැලුවා. එහිදී ඔවුන් පැය භාගයක් පමණ මා සමග කතා කළා. සත්‍ය මිස කිසිවකු සුද්ද කිරීමට අවශ්‍ය නැත “””””””””‘” බන්ධනාගාරය තුල කුඩු, අයිස්, දුරකථන ඇති බව සත්‍යයකි. බන්ධනාගාර රෝහල, ප්‍රතිකාර […]

Shenali D Waduge Who is Bill Gates, and why should Sri Lanka be concerned about his philanthropy”? Gates, through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), disburses billions under the banner of aid. But this is philanthrocapitalism—a model where charitable funding yields strategic influence. His private firm, Cascade Investment, grows his wealth while embedding his influence in public health, agriculture, […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Ministry of Defence (MOD), extending its full support to the Ministry of Public Security, launched a special joint security operation in the Kadana, Wattala, and Ragama Police areas on the evening of 4th July. The objective of this operation was to enhance community safety, curb illegal activities, and […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s Central Province has been a symbol of colonial exploitation and post-independence neglect—home to thousands of Indian-origin Tamils brought under British imperial labor schemes. Today, the same region has transformed into a geopolitical battleground—for soft power occupation, ethnic patronage, and foreign-state engineering. India is now assuming role of political patron & cultural guardian over […]

National Development Bank PLC In a powerful step toward environmental sustainability and youth empowerment, NDB Bank is proud to announce its partnership with the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) to support the expansion of the WNPS Youth Wing’s ‘Education for Conservation’ program to ten schools in the Kurunegala District. The official MoU signing for […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) chaired an important meeting at the Ministry of Defence on Thursday (Jul 3) to discuss the reintroduction of Beira Lake as a water aerodrome, an initiative poised to bring renewed vitality to Sri Lanka’s tourism and domestic aviation sector. The meeting […]

Saeed Naqvi Dated: 03.07.2025 Sunday, July 6, will be the tenth and the climatic day of Moharram which this year, has a unique feature, something that has never happened in history. A sizeable section of the world will, mostly, wear black, the colour of mourning and yet they will celebrate. In total contradiction of the […]

රාජ්‍ය භාෂා සතිය (2025.07.01-2025.07.07) නිමිත්තෙන් වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනේ මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ ආ. ඡේදය සිංහල සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පාඨ අතර වෙනස්කම් පිළිබද රාජ්‍ය භාෂා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ අවධානය යොමු කිරීමට වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනේ සමායෝජක නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා විසින් කරන ලද ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව 2025 ජූනි […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) – The government earlier said a joint statement was to be issued by Sri Lanka and the United States over the reciprocal tariffs but that turned out to be another tall story like most of the stories of the government, SJB MP Dr. Harsha De Silva […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) has donated Rs. 100 million to the President’s Fund, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Dipak Das, Managing Director of Lanka Indian Oil Company handed over the relevant cheque to Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President, at the Presidential Secretariat today (04).

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) – Opposition MP Mujibur Rahman has called for deeper investigations into the controversial release of 309 red-labelled containers, asserting that critical questions remain unanswered. Speaking at a media briefing yesterday, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP said the scope of the inquiry conducted by the presidential […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) – Japanese Ambassador Akio Isomata stressed that the eradication of corruption and good governance is a prerequisite for restoring confidence of both public and private entities, including those of Japan, in making investments in Sri Lanka, according to a press release from the Japanese Embassy. Japan […]

Shenali D Waduge Both political and terrorist separatism in Sri Lanka have toyed with the claim to a separate Tamil homeland. However, before examining either, it is critical to return to the historical roots of the Tamil presence on the island to determine whether such a homeland or Tamil kingdom ever existed independently. When the […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale The geographic terms Israel” and Palestine” have a long history and specific connotations for Jews and Arabs with respect to their competing claims to the same land. The only way forward for Jewish Israelis and Palestinian Arabs is to cease looking backwards. Dr Daniel Miller – https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/ australianoutlook/israel-and-palestine-where-should-history-begin-and-should-it-matter/ The article by Dr […]

Shenali D Waduge The Northern Province, comprises Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, and Vavuniya. India is heavily influencing Northern society in multiple ways. Many of these post-war partnerships are turning into regional patron asserting its control over socio-political, economic, cultural landscape of the Sri Lankan Tamils in North Sri Lanka. Northern Province (Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, […]